I would like to inquire as to why the Armenian Thread was recently closed. Was it due to the recent flame war? This happened before and the thread was closed however it was then re-opened. Why not just delete the out of line posts (which did happen) instead of closing an entire thread that has been going on for years.

I seem to be finding quite a few threads that require horizontal scrolling in order to read them. Its truly irritating so I don't bother trying to read them but I am curious why they keep showing up. Any explanation?

I seem to be finding quite a few threads that require horizontal scrolling in order to read them. Its truly irritating so I don't bother trying to read them but I am curious why they keep showing up. Any explanation?

Sometimes people post pictures or text that are much larger than what your display settings are. This will cause the post to appear too wide.

Posts like that happen. Whenever possible, I try to edit them so they fit. I agree, they are annoying.

I seem to be finding quite a few threads that require horizontal scrolling in order to read them. Its truly irritating so I don't bother trying to read them but I am curious why they keep showing up. Any explanation?

Horizontal scrolling happens when someone posts an oversized picture that takes more than the width of the screen; it can be avoided if no one posts such huge pictures, or posts only a link to the pic by replacing the "IMG" by "URL" in the vBulletin code.

I think it is very unsatisfying when threads disappear completely, memoryhole-like.

It happened today to a thread in "Newslinks/Articles", I had a post in it that's why I noticed.

If there is reason to believe someone could be offended wouldn't it be better to move the thread into an area readable only for members instead of nuking it totally?

It is dissapointing when threads "disappear", this is why everyone should obey the forum rules and not get caught up into flame wars. 99% of threads removed from this board are because people have a hard time controlling their emotions.

Sometimes threads are salvagable, with the removal of the offending posts. Others are too out of hand, with even greater flaming opportunities ahead.

Curious as to why my latest rep. point that someone gave me was taken away?

And what rep point would that be? Reputation points cannot be removed. Even if a thread you posted in (and recieved rep from) was removed, the rep remains.

If a poster that is new to the forum does not have sufficiant rep themselves, the rep point they give you will yield no gain. the comment will be there, but the green gem will appear dark. Not the bright green they usually are.

If a poster that is new to the forum does not have sufficiant rep themselves, the rep point they give you will yield no gain. the comment will be there, but the green gem will appear dark. Not the bright green they usually are.

I have been meaning to ask about that, how many posts or reps do people need in order to have the pure green aryan gems, not the dark unpure ones?